“I hate wind,” Trump told the executives over a meal of chopped steak at his Mar-a-Lago Club and resort in Florida, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation....
USD Inflation is ~3% per year currently, which is easy to beat with a high yield savings account. Anything more than 6 months should definitely go into an index fund though.
I saw a good article on c/upliftingnews about AI improving traffic signal controllers. It’s good and all, I just can’t help but think of the “look at what they need to have a fraction of our power” meme while reading it
China has a working HSR system connecting all their major cities. The fact that their population scale is so massive means they also try weird shit to get what they can.
Japan is very narrow but it’s also very long. The actual amount of miles a train much cover from one end to the other is very large.
Yes the EU is not one country (though it is a polity). That should make it harder, not easier to cover it with rail, and yet there’s rail lines connecting all the major cities crossing national borders. Does the “size” counter reset once you cross a line on the map?
It’s not the size, it’s the political organization. You even hint at this when describing how we paved America: the political and economic configuration was aligned to make it happen despite the massive cost. The USA was crisscrossed by passenger rail and street cars, and still is for cargo. We just took a different path later, but it doesn’t actually have to be that way.
Alt text: three panels with “fossil fuel vehicles” (full of traffic),“electric vehicles” (full of traffic), “walking biking & public transit” (peaceful city with people riding bikes and trams)
Those things are still available, they’re just not the only option to the detriment of everyone else. Most people and things should be entering the city by rail, which removes the need for city destroying highways that are ever widening.
U.S. President Joe Biden and one of his top aides warned on Monday that a federal government shutdown could cause widespread suffering, including a rapid loss of food benefits for nearly 7 million low-income women and children....
So instead of what you originally said (that we magicked up extra money for Ukraine), your argument is that we’re using money that we spent anyway, and would keep spending regardless in order to maintain our global standing? Very persuasive.
Trump Media alerts Nasdaq to potential market manipulation from 'naked' short selling of DJT stock (www.cnbc.com)
Trump rails against wind energy in fundraising pitch to oil executives | At a Mar-a-Lago dinner, Donald Trump doubles down on promises to derail a key form of clean energy (wapo.st)
“I hate wind,” Trump told the executives over a meal of chopped steak at his Mar-a-Lago Club and resort in Florida, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation....
A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up (www.nytimes.com)
I'm working on it, ok? (lemmy.world)
How's that IPO goin'? (lemmynsfw.com)
Sovereign citizen paid his credit card bill with the magic coupon. (lemmy.world)
Well, ok... (lemmy.world)
Ukraine claims its sea drones sank a Russian warship. Moscow says Patriot missiles downed its plane (apnews.com)
Anon takes care of his trash (lemmy.world)
Putin could attack NATO in ‘5 to 8 years,’ German defense minister warns – POLITICO (www.politico.eu)
Evangelical leader accuses pope of creating "division" with LGBTQ+ views (www.newsweek.com)
Pope Francis last week approved a ruling at the Vatican that permitted priests to administer blessings to same-sex couples.
rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
GUYS AFTER MONTHS OF WANTING A CAT, ONE LITERALLY WALKED INTO MY LIFE! IM SO HAPPY!! MEET STAR 🌟
All Aboard! (lemmy.nz)
Trump vows to kill Asia trade deal being pursued by Biden if elected (www.reuters.com)
Because people can't seem to visualize it (lemmy.world)
how is this even possible rule (lemmy.zip)
Amazing Cutting-Edge Revolutionary Technological Algorithmic Science Invention (lemmy.world)
I saw a good article on c/upliftingnews about AI improving traffic signal controllers. It’s good and all, I just can’t help but think of the “look at what they need to have a fraction of our power” meme while reading it
Apple Card savings account was "a fucking mistake" – Goldman exec (9to5mac.com)
Buying a new car is not better than keeping an old one (lemmy.world)
I see no difference (beehaw.org)
Alt text: three panels with “fossil fuel vehicles” (full of traffic),“electric vehicles” (full of traffic), “walking biking & public transit” (peaceful city with people riding bikes and trams)
Biden, US officials warn of hunger for millions in a government shutdown (www.reuters.com)
U.S. President Joe Biden and one of his top aides warned on Monday that a federal government shutdown could cause widespread suffering, including a rapid loss of food benefits for nearly 7 million low-income women and children....